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Abstract
An inherited deficit in spoken language has been associated with a mutation in the forkhead box P2 (FOXP2) gene on chromosome 7. A recent functional magnetic resonance imaging study has linked the deficit to underactivity in Broca's area during word generation, which in turn suggests a possible link between FOXP2 and the mirror-neuron system observed in the primate homologue of Broca's area. This link might have implications for the evolution of Broca's area and its role in speech.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15301747 DOI： 10.1016/j.tics.2004.01.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Cogn Sci ISSN： 1364-6613 Impact factor: 20.229